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  • Castroviejo Lecture

    Below is a listing of past lecturers and titles for the Castroviejo Lecture. Launched in 1987, the Castroviejo Lecture takes place during the symposia cosponsored by the Cornea Society at the Academy's annual meeting.

    2023

    SYM52
    Will Laser Surgery Play a Role in Keratoplasty?
    Theo Guenter Seiler, MD, PhD

    2022

    SYM21
    My Superpower! How High-Resolution Imaging Has Changed My Practice of Ocular Surface Oncology
    Carol L. Karp, MD

    2021

    SYM29
    Recent Developments in the Management of Corneal Diseases
    Jayne S. Weiss, MD

    2020

    N/A

    2019

    SYM25
    Acanthamoeba Keratitis: Getting the Treatment Right
    John K. G. Dart, MD

    2018

    SYM54
    The Ethical Basis of Clinical Research
    Alan Sugar, MD

    2017

    SYM29
    Advances with Randomized Clinical Trials in Corneal Transplantation
    Jonathan H. Lass, MD

    2016

    SYM08
    Surgical Treatment of Presbyopia: The Journey from Corneal Refractive Surgery to Smart Intraocular Lenses
    Dimitri T. Azar, MD

    2015

    SYM06
    Herpes Zoster
    Elisabeth J. Cohen, MD

    2014

    SYM46
    Points of Light in the History of Cornea
    Mark J. Mannis, MD

    2013

    SYM20
    The Evolution of Lamellar Keratoplasty
    Edward J. Holland, MD

    2012

    SYM34
    Lids, Lipids, and Dry Eyes
    James P. McCulley, MD, FACS, FRCOPHTH

    2011

    SYM10
    What Causes Keratoconus?
    Joel Sugar, MD

    2010

    SYM32
    Corneal Surgery to Treat Presbyopia: The Art, Science and Joy of Innovation
    Richard L. Lindstrom, MD

    2009

    SYM14
    Forty Years in Search of the Perfect Contact Lens
    H. Dwight Cavanagh, MD, PhD, FACS

    2008

    SYM28
    Theraputic Modalities for the Ocular Surface Disorders
    Shigeru Kinoshita, MD

    2007

    SYM22
    Refractive Surgery: What Is It Teaching Us About the Cornea?
    W. Bruce Jackson, MD, FRCSC

    2006

    SYM10
    Potential Research Projects
    Jay H. Krachmer, MD

    2005

    SYM28
    Tear Film Stability in Ocular Health and Disease
    Gary N. Foulks, MD, FACS

    2004

    SYM20
    Whence Refractive Surgery: Corneal Surface, Corneal Stroma or Inside the Eye?
    George O. Waring III, MD, FACS

    2003

    SYM19
    The Tear Film Complex in Ocular Surface Disease
    Ronald E. Smith, MD